Karma

The path of circle, leads from here to here,
Behold the karma, is unfair and near;
Lo, the scepter of mercy wielded by the garment of aristocracy,
O! wearied constitution and of the patched injury by hypocrisy: 

The mediocre’s singspiel crowed aloft and quaver not,
With profligacy, the elite yielded in piety and rot;
What connections have rectitude and piety?
The clergies with honed pipe of dubiety.

what relevance is sanctity in hell?
The path of circle, leads from here to here,
In ardor of promises; the ordained futilely yelled;
O, far gone utopia and paradise smeared;

Sorry I have not; thou ordained the rot and the scepter;
The nobles and clansmen aswarm with nepotic nectar;
O friend! be purified and soberly fight;
The sobriety of faith and decency is in flight.

Gafar Odubote, “Karma”, copyright 2020

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